How to use the early literacy progress tracker
Early reading is usually broken into stages — letter names, letter sounds, then sight words — which makes it hard to see how far along a child actually is. List each stage on its own line with the number of items it contains and the number learned so far, and this tracker reports progress for every stage, overall progress, and how many items remain.
Per-stage progress is items learned divided by total items. Overall progress sums the learned items across stages and divides by the summed totals, so it is weighted by item count rather than being a flat average of the stage rates. Stages at or above the threshold you set are counted as cleared, and the first stage that has not cleared it is shown as the one in progress.
Stage lists and completion thresholds differ from program to program, so both are values you supply. This page is not a validated screening instrument and does not assign an age or grade level, nor does it compare a child to peers. It also does not work out a daily item quota or a projected finish date — use it as a repeated record under one consistent threshold.
Frequently Asked Questions
There is no fixed split. Copy the unit headings from the program you already use, one per line. There is no limit on the number of stages, and the totals come from that program.
Yes. With a 100% threshold, 100.0% is cleared; with a 90% threshold, exactly 90.0% is also shown as cleared.
No. It only tallies the counts you enter and is not a validated screening instrument, so it makes no age-level judgement and no peer comparison.